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Digigram at IBC2016
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t IBC2016, Digigram experts
will show the company's latest
innovations in IP audio codecs, codec
fleet management, and monitoring
in the cloud, as well as audio-overIP (AoIP) sound cards for IP studio
migration and IP middleware licensing
for smart AoIP streaming, processing,
and encoding systems. Digigram will
also showcase its new AQORD 4K Ultra
HD (UHD) HEVC end-to-end video-overIP solution.
Digigram is making its renowned
IQOYA audio-over-IP (AoIP) technology
accessible as middleware to ecosystem
partners for creation of their own live
streaming, processing, and encoding
systems.
IQOYA *VIP combines Digigram's
acclaimed IQOYA IP audio streaming
and encoding engine, built on
the company's advanced FluidIP
technology, and key real-time audioover-IP protocols in a solution tailored
for broadcast OEM partners and
system integrators.
Digigram will showcase two products
designed to enhance and simplify

users' outside remote broadcasting their smartphones to deliver fulloperations. The company will feature duplex live audio contributions to a
its robust IQOYA *CLOUD codec fleet- newsroom or a production studio.
management
system
application
Digigram will unveil the first
and its Reporter Pack, an integrated distribution solution fully dedicated to
mobility solution designed for IP studios and their requirements for
journalists on the go.
studio-to-studio links (SSL), studio-toAccessible from anywhere via transmitter links (STL), DVB radio, and
the web browser of any connected web radio programme distribution.
device, IQOYA *CLOUD provides an
The IQOYA *X/LINK integrates
integrated master control room (MCR) multiple IP audio codecs and
application, built on a comprehensive transcoding servers on an enhanced
and
secure
SIP
broadcast version of Digigram's award-winning
infrastructure. A new software-as-a- IQOYA ARM-based platform, powered
service version brings cloud benefits by the FluidIP encoding and streaming
to small and medium-sized radio engine, to facilitate robust low-latency
operations, while the enterprise
version (a virtualised platform
Digigram AQORD
of services) is engineered for
4K HEVC solution
broadcasters willing to integrate
the whole application into their
own IT systems with support
from Digigram Professional
Services.
Digigram's IQOYA *MOBILE
App, Q-Mic preamp, and IQOYA
*CALL codec products together
enable field reporters to use

Audient's iD4 Compact
Audio Interface
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udient has announced iD4, a
compact and affordable buspowered audio interface, perfect for
singer songwriters and on-the-go
producers.
With a view to maintaining the
quality expected of Audient, iD4 is
packed with features, including one
renowned Audient console mic pre,
pristine AD converters, a JFET D.I,
dual headphone outputs, consolestyle monitor control and Audient's

virtual scroll wheel technology,
'ScrollControl', all housed in
compact, ergonomic, solid steel
and aluminium casing.
"iD4 puts Audient's renowned sound
into the hands of budding producers
as well as singer songwriters wanting
release-quality
recordings
from
the start," says Audient's Technical
Director, Tom Waterman. "Even when
you only need one mic pre, you still
get to use the same Class-A mic pre
technology found in our flagship
ASP8024 Heritage Edition mixing
console, so you know you're getting an
accurate translation of your source.
"Alongside superlative quality at
its price point, the beauty of iD4 is
how simple it is to use," he continues,
highlighting the 'ScrollControl' facility.
"With a touch of a button the volume
encoder becomes a virtual scroll
wheel, which means you can use the iD

Audient iD4
bus-powered
audio interface

knob to manually adjust DAW
hosts, plug-in parameters, write
automation and even scroll through
your iTunes library - just like you're
using a piece of hardware!
"You can just plug in and play too,"
adds Waterman. The harmonically
rich JFET instrument input is
inspired by the input stage of
a classic valve amp,
allowing users to plug
in their guitar, bass,
keyboard or drum
machine and start
recording
instantly

distribution for SSL, STL, DVB, and web
radio programmes from low-latency,
AES67-synchronous AoIP sources.
The IQOYA *X/LINK runs on a fanless
and ultra-low-power 10W platform
while supporting up to 10 bidirectional
stereo codecs with AES67 inputs and
outputs.
Leveraging HEVC/H.265 to enable
cost-effective contribution of the
high-resolution (up to 4Kp60, 4.2.2,
10-bit, 120 Mbps) video increasingly
used for premium-quality live event
production, the Digigram AQORD 4K
Ultra HD (UHD) HEVC encoder/decoder
allows broadcasters to build an endto-end live 4K-UHD or multiple-HD
contribution link with a single pair of
hardware-based, OB-van-compatible
video-over-IP codecs.

with great tone. "Having both a mic
pre and a D.I lets you lay down ideas
quickly - whenever they come to you,
wherever you happen to be."
iD4 comes with Monitor Mix and
Monitor Pan. "The Monitor Mix
feature lets you monitor
a blend of both
iD4s
inputs
and your DAW
playback, providing
near-zero latency
monitoring
whilst
recording,"
explains
Waterman.
iD4 features a Class-A/B
headphone amplifier with dual
outputs.
Describing the quality of components
as well as its all-metal construction,
Waterman concludes, "It might be the
smallest audio interface we've made,
but it's definitely built to last."
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